Pole guy assembly



May 5, 1936. T. E. HIBBARD 2,039,533

POLE GUY ASSEMBLY Filed July 16, 1935 Fig.2

INVENTOR Patented May 5, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 8 Claims.

This invention relates to a pole guy assembly especially adapted for use with electric power and telephone line poles, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide a pole guy assem- 5 bly which may be easily and quickly attached to a pole and which will assume a non-removable position when the guy is drawn taut.

A further object of my invention is to provide a pole guy assembly which will not choke the 10 pole when the guy is drawn taut.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly efiective for the purpose for which it is designed.

15 These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawing similar characters of reference 20 indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device as used in connection with a pole.

Figure 2 is a top plan of the assembly as mounted on a pole prior to the guy being drawn 25 taut.

Figure 3 is a top plan illustrating the relative positions of the parts of the assembly after the guy is drawn taut.

Figure 4 is a perspective View of the metallic 30 securing strip.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a wooden pole such as is employed to support electric power or telephone lines. An

35 initially fiat metallic strip 2 is secured to the pole in transverse relation thereto by means of a lag bolt 3 which passes through a central opening 4 in the strip.

The strip 2 adjacent its ends is formed with oblong openings 5. A wishbone yoke 6 of relatively heavy but bendable wire is formed with legs adapted. to straddle the pole from the side opposite that against which the strip 2 is secured. At its outer end, the yoke is formed 45 with means, as an eye 1, to which a guy 8 is secured. The ends of the legs of yoke 6 are formed with oppositely facing hooks or catches In to project through openings and engage against the outer face of the strip. The yoke is preferably constructed with the ends of its legs spaced apart a slightly greater distance than between the openings 5 in strip 2 in order that the catches II) when inserted through the openings 5 will be held in contact with the strip by the natural resiliency 55 of the yoke.

The ends of the yoke legs extend out beyond the face of the catches a distance greater than the length of the openings 5, the adjacent sides of the yoke legs opposite the catches in, being notched at their outer ends as at H. 5

To install my improved guy assembly on a pole, the initially flat strip 2 is secured to the pole prior to its erection. The pole is then set up so that the strip is on the side of the pole opposite to the direction in which the guy wire is to ex- 10 tend, and at right angles to such direction.

After the pole is set up the guy and yoke are connected together on the ground and a lineman then scales the pole and straddles the yoke about the pole and inserts the yoke legs through the openings 5 in the strip 2 a sufiicient distance to cause the catches H] to engage against the outer surface of the strip.

The entire assembly is thus easily and simply installed ready for tightening and requires only onelineman to put it in place after the pole is set, whereas with the present method of winding the guy about the pole and using metal shims thereunder, two linemen must scale the pole to do the work.

When the assembly is secured in place on the pole the guy is tightened which causes the yoke to be elongated and the strip 2 to bend into conformity with the contour of the pole. At the 7 same time the adjacent portions of the yoke also bend about the pole, and the hook ends of the yoke assume positions approaching parallelism with the ends of the strip, as shown in Figure 3. The notches II are cut in the ends of the yoke legs so that they will contact the outer surface of the strip beyond the openings 5 at the opposite ends thereof from the catches l0 when the yoke and strip are drawn up against the surface of the' pole. This prevents the hooks 9 possibly pulling through the openings and locks the yoke legs and 40 strip 2 together and holds them against separation until such time as the tension of the guy is released and the strip bent away from the pole.

My pole guy assembly also prevents choking of the pole and resultant fractures of the pole as often occurs when the guy is merely wound about the pole and a metal shim used between the guy and the pole. The assembly also makes it possible for a transformer ground wire to extend from the upper end of the pole down to the ground without the necessity of boring through the pole under the metal shim or looping it over the metal shim as is now the custom.

If the guy does not extend out horizontally from the pole but is diagonal thereto, I mount two lag bolts 12 on diametrically opposed sides of the pole parallel to the strip as initially disposed and on a level therewith, and over which the yoke extends. In this manner, the strip 2 will be drawn horizontally into fiat engagement with the pole while allowing the yoke beyond the bolts l2 to bend down as the guy is tightened.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pole guy assembly comprising a flat bendable metal strip for attachment to a pole, a yoke adapted to straddle a pole and engage with the strip adjacent each end thereof, and means looking the yoke and strip together when the strip is bent about a pole by a pull on the yoke.

2. A pole guy assembly comprising a bendable metal strip for attachment to a pole transversely thereof and having openings adjacent its ends, a wishbone yoke to straddle the pole, catch means on the ends of the yoke to project through the openings in the strip and engage with the surface of the strip, and other means associated with said last named means to lock the strip and yoke together when the same are drawn up about a pole.

3. A pole guy assembly comprising a metal strip for attachment to a pole, said strip having openings adjacent its ends, a yoke to straddle the pole, connecting means on the ends of the yoke for insertion through the openings and to engage with the strip, and means to lock the strip and yoke together when the same are drawn up about a pole.

4. A pole guy assembly comprising a metal strip for attachment to a pole, said strip having openings adjacent the ends thereof, a wishbone yoke adapted to straddle the pole, and means on the ends of the yoke for connection with the strip; said last named means comprising a catch formed on one side of each leg of the yoke to project through the adjacent strip opening for engagement with the outer surface of the strip, and means to lock the strip and yoke together when the same are drawn up about a pole by a pull on the yoke.

5. A device as in claim 4 in which said last named means comprises an abutment formed on the side of each yoke leg opposite the catch thereof and adapted to engage the outer surface of the strip when the hook portions of the yoke legs are moved to a position approaching parallelism with the strip as the strip and yoke are drawn up about the pole by a pull on the yoke.

6. A pole guy assembly comprising an initially fiat metal strip, of greater length than the diameter of a pole, means to secure said strip on and against the pole so that said strip is horizontally on edge and with its ends projecting beyond opposite sides of the pole, the end portions of the strip having openings therein, a yoke having bendable legs to straddle the pole from the side thereof opposite the strip, catch elements on the ends of, the yoke legs to project through the strip openings and engage the strip beyond the openings, and means on the opposite end of the yoke for connection with the adjacent end of a guy wire.

'7. A pole guy assembly comprising an initially fiat metal strip, of greater length than the diameter of a pole, means to secure said strip on and against the pole so that said strip is horizontally on edge and with its ends projecting beyond opposite sides of the pole, the end portions of the strip having openings therein, a yoke having bendable legs to straddle the pole from the side thereof opposite the strip, the ends of the yoke legs being adapted to project through said openings, oppositely facing catches on said leg ends to engage the outer face of the strip beyond the opposite ends of the openings when said ends are projected therethrough, and abutments on the adjacent sides of the leg ends at their outer ends to engage the outer face of the strip beyond the adjacent ends of the openings when the endsof the strip are pulled about the pole and the leg ends relatively swivel in said openings and assume a position approaching parallelism to said strip ends.

8. A structure as in claim 6, with means formed and cooperating with the catch elements to prevent the'later pulling through the openings when the ends of the strip are pulled about the pole and the adjacent ends of the yoke legs assume a position approaching parallelism to said strip ends.

THOMAS E. HIBBARD. 

